.90 Nationals @ Numidia - June 9th, 2012

[BKSG1198]

Just talked with Vinny from Numidia, he told me that he will have someone on duty at the gate till 10pm on Sunday, June 3rd for anyone that is coming from Englishtown National Event or the Pittsburgh IHRA Pro-Am and would like to drop off their trailers for the following weekend. Just let the person at the gate know that you are parking for the .90 Nationals / Combo in the Hills Event and you will be good to go. Their will be no parking on Mon - Wed and the gates will open at 5pm on Thursday June 7th or if Lee, Brian or Myself get up there earlier the 5. Thanks!

RK

[BKSG1198]

Just a friendly reminder that there is about a month left to pre-enter for this great event at the $170.00 rate. The cut-off date is May 6th (Atco Open) to pre-enter after that it goes up to $190 and just have to pay at the gate. If you would rather give the money to me at an event I will not be doing much traveling this year so I will only be at the following events or you can drop it off at Kelli Barbato's Camp in case I'm not there...

April 28th & 29th - Atco MASGA / MASCA Event

May 4th (Friday Only) - NHRA Open (Brother's Graduating from College so I have to skip this event)

So far we are at about 20% at the quota with Super Gas holding at 24 Cars, then SC at 13 & S/Steet at 11.

If you want to mail it in the address is as follows:
Rob Keister
1887 N. Delsea Dr. #152
Vineland, NJ 08360

[BKSG1198]

The .90 Nationals will officially change it's name to the Ronnie "Uncle Buck" Memorial .90 Nationals to honor a man that touched so many .90 Racers over the years. If you never had the chance to meet Ronnie you missed meeting a great man. Ronnie made sure every-time you stopped by the trailer you left with a full stomach and a cold beer. He will be truly missed by all of the .90 Racers! Let's all honor a great man at this race because I know how much he was looking forward to cooking for you all and attending this race.

49 Days and Counting!!!

[BKSG1198]

Coming up on a few days left to pre-enter at the $170.00 rate. I will be at the PC Richards NHRA Open at Atco all day on Friday. I will not be there racing but, just hanging out so if you would like to pre-enter just call me on my Cell Phone ( 856-332-2851 ) or e-mail me at Rekeister@aol.com and I will stop by your trailer. I will have a complete list of pre-entered cars on Monday after this weekend. Plus if the reports are correct gas prices are starting to drop and may have already peeked for the year...as long as they stay low for June 7th & 8th..haha.

Also a few people asked me this weekend about the track at Numidia since a lot of people have not been there since the NHRA National Open in 2009. In 2010 the concrete was extended to the 1/8 mile and the entire track was ground, smoothed & re-paved. In 2011 A second return road entrance was added that gives the drivers another 400' of runoff so you no longer have to make that quick left turn at the top of the hill. Also a state of the art sand trap was added to the end of the track to prevent anyone who might get into trouble.

So come see why NHRA Division 1 & Drag Racing Action has voted Numidia Dragway the "2011 Track of the year" on June 7th to 9th!

[BKSG1198]

Here is the Official Entry List for the Ronnie "Uncle Buck" Memorial .90 Nationals at Numidia! I will still accept entries into the event up until Wednesday just in-case someone mailed it out and it didn't get to me in time besides that in exactly 1 month from today we will start to park rigs and get everyone settled in for the "Sportsman Race of the Year".

Super Comp:
1 Jeff Serra
2 Jeff Livezey Sr.
3 Warren Harrison
4 Randy Winfelder Sr.
5 Kathy Smulligan
6 Warren Ferrese
7 Bill Hardifier
8 Bob Kopack
9 Ray Fordyce Jr.
10 Tom Boyle
11 Randy Winfelder Jr.
12 Joey Cambria
13 Ken Moses
14 Iggie Boicesco
15 Deb Moses
16 Chase Fahnestock
17 Don Bangs
18 Frank Lauria Sr.

Super Gas:
1 Pete Luciano
2 Tom Goldman
3 Ron Orbin
4 Earl Nichols Jr
5 John Asta
6 Don Knoblick
7 Bob Keister
8 Mike Lauria
9 Delaney Richardson
10 Check Rothermel
11 Tom Depascale
12 Lance Kreiger
13 Frank Tatarynowicz
14 Mike Johnston
15 Kelli Barbato
16 Les O' Neil
17 Ed Alessi Jr.
18 Joe Eckel
19 Mac Starks Jr.
20 Jake Barbato
21 Bob Phillips
22 Gary Laird
23 George Donhauser
24 George Smith
25 Derek Clark
26 John Malcolm
27 Darlene Staub
28 Iggie Boicesco
29 Rich Price

Super Street:
1 Jimmy Stack Jr.
2 Rob Derr
3 Ed Sabo Jr.
4 Kelli Barbato
5 Steve Baughman
6 Gary Swank
7 Bernie Staub
8 George Forester
9 Don Knoblick
10 Dave Kunckle
11 Derek Clark
12 Neal Vaccaro
13 Rich Price
14 Jimmy Young (Free Entry from TRC Practice Tree Nationals)

[BKSG1198]

So over the weekend I had the chance to talk with a few Super Street drivers at Atco regarding the .90 Race and spread the word to them about attending this event. I heard a decent amount of grumblings about the no min weight rule being put into place and that's the reason that they would not be attending this event. I felt it was in all fairness to responded to the this issue.

I wasn't going to add Super Street to the .90's until I received a few e-mails from a few of you . The original reason behind not adding S/Street was because of the weight rule. If you look at both classes in both sanctioning bodies the weight rules are different. NHRA is 2,800 pounds & IHRA is 2,600 pounds. The reason behind the no min weight rule is because to open up the field to everyone so we can get a full field. I can't watch each car too make sure 1 car is the proper weight. Super Street is a very heavily populated class (Maybe this year cause people are scaling back and you don't need a NHRA/IHRA LIC to run S/Street just Cert if you go over 135mph). I thought the point behind the class was 10.90? As I asked a few of the S/Street drivers already at Atco this past weekend...."When was the last time you were weighed at a National or Divisional Event?" How do you know the guy your lining up against is not really 2600 or 2700 pounds if nobody checks it. I'd be more worried that my car has the all the proper bars and is safe to run against. I was told by a few people that if you "Win" the event you get weighed at the end. Out of the 13 drivers who are entered 1 driver is a cross-over from S/G, most of the other 12 drivers have run S/Street at some point either at a divisional or national event. I'm not trying to start a war on this site but, the rule has been in place since March of 2011, I don;t know why all of a sudden 30 days before the event this is becoming an issue. I will re-evaluate the class after the race is complete and make adjustments for the 2013 race. Thanks for your support and if you would like to e-mail me feel free to at rekeister@aol.com.

[SSTHottie1236]

Really? People are complaining about this? That couldn't be farther from my mind as a Super Street racer. The aim of the game isn't closest to 2800 lbs, it's closest to 10.90 sec. I care more about getting a full payout than outlawing someone that's only 2400 lbs.

Don't worry, Rob, we're not all complainers. I can't wait for the race!